Unexpected

[teawithrushdie]

Yesterday a boy that I grew up with was killed in Afghanistan. I've known this boy since we were both babies. His dad was my dad's best man at my parent's wedding. When my dad called me yesterday, sobbing on the phone, I didn't cry, I didn't even tear up. I talked to some friends from home and we discussed how many kids we know that are in Iraq or

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[littleetoile]

I'm so sorry. I can't even imagine how that must feel. :(

*hugs*

[teawithrushdie]

thank you

[calif_troweller]

I lost someone I knew well in HS to Iraq. He didn't physically die but he came back a shell of a human being.

I'm so sorry.

[teawithrushdie]

thanks, and sometimes having them come back less than is equally, if not more so, devastating than not having them come back at all...